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[2] Web-Based Systems in Anesthesia: A New Series in CJA New Media

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Starting next month (January 2002) the CJA New Media section will include a series of short articles on anesthesia and the Web based on the preliminary outline provided below. We invite any suggestions you might have for the series or for other contributions to the New Media section.

Outline

[1] Using the World Wide Web for Medical Education: Start With a Needs Assessment
Web pages, HTML, browsers, servers. Web page use in medical education. Content users and content providers. Your own teaching page. Web page construction done easily and inexpensively. The joy of freeware software. First Page 2000 – a free Web authoring package. Web hosting options. Table of favourite Web resources.

[2] Using HTML and FTP: Keeping Things Simple with Simple Tools
Basic HTML constructs. Copy and paste HTML code. The case against learning HTML. HTML files on disk versus HTML files on a server. Using FTP to Upload Files to a Web-Hosting Service. WS_FTP and WS_FTP LE. Cute FTP. Shareware versus freeware. More Web resources. Using FTP to maintain a shared data archive.

[3] Content-Focussed Web Page Production Made Easy Using Word and Acrobat
Content-focussed Web pages versus form-focussed Web pages. Advantages and disadvantages of pure text, HTML, Word and Acrobat as formats for medical publishing on the Web.

[4] Basics of Web Page Design for Use in Medical Education
What is different about Medical Education web pages? HON guidelines. Needs assessment. Educational objectives. Taxonomy of Web page elements. Page aesthetics. Use of visuals. Interactivity. Table-based design. Backgrounds. Using templates. Student evaluation. Web page evaluation criteria.

[5] Introduction to Advanced Web Page Design and Web-Based Interactivity
Form-focussed Web pages. Advanced Web page elements. Good and bad web page designs. Types of Web-based interactivity. Implementing Web-based interactivity.

[6] Web-Based Interactivity Using JavaScript
Means of achieving programmed interactivity: CGI scripts versus Java versus JavaScript. Advantages and disadvantages of JavaScript. Special features offered by JavaScript. Finding the JavaScript program that suits your needs.

[7] Audio and Video Web Technologies in Medical Education
MP3 and WAV sound files. AVI, MPEG and QT video files. Downloading versus streaming. Bandwidth considerations. Selecting a player.

[8] Web Page Evaluation Methods in Medical Education
Informal and formal evaluation strategies to ensure highest quality Web pages in Medical Education. Peer review methods. Encouraging user feedback. Critical appraisal.

[9] Medico-Legal Issues and the Internet
Medical advice on the Web. Information versus misinformation. E-mail communication with patients. Authentication. Encryption. Privacy. Selling drugs and herbal preparations via the Internet.

[10] The Future of the Web in Medical Education
The challenges that await us. Medical publishing and scholarly journal issues. Information philanthropy. Academic credit. Open sources movements for software and data.

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